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When i was younger my first horse had colic and was put down. My grandpa lifted my spirits and devastation even though I wasn't willing at first. I got her as a yearling and she has helped heal my heart ever since.

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Hooves crossed for Whiskey to be ~ May HOTM ♡<)___~ Whiskey will return to the Doc on May 20th for his next set of x-ray’s. I feel he will be just fine, last dose of bute yesterday and I think in 2 days will tell a lot of how he is but I can’t know for sure until the next visit. I want to thank you all for all the amazing support throughout the month of April. I hope you enjoyed his story and I surely hope I can tell you many more story’s in the future of he & I riding together…God bless you all…..I honestly did not realize how difficult and demanding running for HOTM could be until now! Not having a computer at home really made this challenging for me, so again I cannot say thanks enough, sending love to you & your herds!!!!!!! Here is our finial tidbit on the Fabulous Rocky Mountain Horse Breed! In the early 1960s, Sam Tuttle managed the trail riding concession at the Natural Bridge State Park in Powell County, Kentucky. He had as many as fifty horses there, including TOBE. This stallion was often seen tied to the hitching post alongside all the mares. He became quite well known in the ten or so years he was ridden there. Besides breeding, TOBE was used as a trail horse. He carried Sam, and sometimes the trail guides who worked for Sam, with sure-footed ease over mountainous terrain for many years. Although Sam would allow other people to ride TOBE occasionally, it was always a ride closely supervised. He loved to show off his beloved stallion, but also kept a close eye on him. Everyone who rode TOBE enjoyed his gentle temperament and comfortable gait. It amazed people to think the well-mannered horse they were riding was indeed a breeding stallion. TOBE was used for breeding until July of his thirty-fourth year, and he passed on his gait, disposition, and other great qualities to his offspring. It has been said that TOBE's progeny followed in his "perfectly-timed" footsteps. TOBE sired many fine horses before his death at the ripe old age of thirty-seven. One outstanding trait passed on was longevity, as many of his offspring were still breeding into their late twenties and early thirties. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! Hoping to see him as the top horse tomorrow!!!!! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Celebrating Easter with love, hugs & votes 4 all!✞ Picking up from yesterday about him tossing his head about bugs. Sometimes I can make a pony tail in his fore lock and that helps a lot. I think he sees his hair sometimes and over reacts, big ol’ treat hound! As soon as we get under the trees on those trails he just stops tossing his head and settles right back into his awesome self. I will add Rocky Mountain facts to my blogs for the rest of our HOTM run. I hope you enjoy them =) The history of the Rocky Mountain Horse from 1890 to the latter part of the 1900s carries little or no documentation and few facts that can be proven beyond the shadow of doubt. Everyone who personally witnessed the breed's beginnings (back to the 1800s) is deceased, and we have been left with only verbal history passed down from generation to generation. Thus, all that can be recorded at this point in time are the stories recollected by living descendants. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

The more we rode the better Whiskey got at reining. The more miles and trails the easier it got on me and him. I discovered Whiskey loves the water. The picture today was taken 8/2012. We can get in a few minutes but I have to move him out or he will try to lie down, but I can take him right back in and then he settles to stand, doesn’t swim yet with me. We are still working toward that. We haven’t camped out in nearly 2 years, and that is when I can try to swim with the horses. It’s too hard to try swimming when I day ride because of the drive home (driving wet is no fun) -ha ha =) Deacon is my true water baby-he will actually swim with me and never try to lie down. I have also found that Whiskey hates for any type bug to fly in his face-so needless to say while we ride in the open if there are grass hoppers or butter flies, regular fly’s he tosses his head slightly. It doesn’t bother me now but it used to. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Finally that Saturday morning rolled around. I could hardly sleep the night before. Everything was running threw my head about what I was going need and about if I had everything ready for his arrival to our place. I kept thinking about how alpha Deacon was and how they would get along. After all they have road a thousand miles of trails together. . The more I thought, the more I felt like after the ride we would come on home instead of camping. I wanted to get him home and on our property to make this dream come true for me. I had never rode Whiskey until the day I bought him, can you believe that!!! It did not matter to me how he rode at all, I wanted him and that was that! We had a nice ride that day and came on home. Cliff broke out his tools and started working around the barn. Today’s picture is of Whiskey’s first comedy show for us. He said (ha ha) “Dad, I can bring this orange Home Depot bucket to ya, I know it has feed in it for me!” Enjoy! Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Monday we left off about Whiskey’s color and me with 5 hundred questions for Karla! Here we go…That poor girl had never met me before and I could not shut up :) I then walked over and looked Whiskey right in the eye and he looked back into mine and my heart sunk. His beauty was striking and the color was outstanding. He had a smart, sharpness about him-I’m sure he was thinking “what in the world is she doing”. The ride finally got underway; usually everyone has me ride out front and calls me the trail boss! Deacon is a faster walking horse but can ride in the middle or behind after the first hour or so. Well, here comes Rio & Whiskey with their smooth selves!!! They just gaited their smooth self’s right past me & Deacy. I watched Whiskey and noticed he didn’t quite move the same as Rio but still a difference from a QH. 2 hours into the ride we decided to rest a few minutes in a place we call “Carol’s lounge”. We have names for all our spots we ride to rest or to take a break out there because it’s so big. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Whiskey would love your support for his HOTM runIn 2008 the decision was made after a talk with our boy’s and Cliff. It was time for me to get back on my horse journey. I purchased Deacon in March 23, 2008 and then bought Whiskey in May 2010. When I run Deacon I will tell more about the 1st 2 years back on my journey. Now that you have some back ground on me and my journey I will start Whiskey’s story with me. As many of you know I trail ride and use to camp with the horses all the time, now we just day ride. Hoping this spring sometime to camp again-fingers crossed =) It has been 2 years sense we have camped out with them. We would camp at Mccown or Plowman Valley at Lake Whitney Texas or at Reynolds Creek Lake Waco, Texas. During those times I have met a lot of people and their different type of horses. On one Oct. weekend we had some friends of Bill’s that was coming that I had never met. I asked Bill as we all were getting our horses ready for our ride that day, what type horses did these friends have? He said Rocky Mountain horses…I said hummmm, never heard of that breed. The thoughts in my head about this breed had me so curious. Now tomorrow we are into his story fully….hang in there! Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Congratulation’s Queen Paige “Nuttin But Good” our April HOTM! Here we go with our campaign with Whiskey 237221 to be May 2014 HOTM! I need everyone’s support so vote on his page daily please!!! Every other weekend I am not around a computer so I will phone vote as many as possible, also 1 x a week that I will phone vote :) I will start my story with why I have and will ONLY have such well trained and gentle geldings, then I will start how Whiskey & I became each other’s very best friends along with some Rocky Mountain facts about the breed ♡ * Rocky Mountain Horses are slow to mature and do not reach their full size and weight until about five to six years of age. Generally healthy horses, they often live long lives but do have a tendency to be extremely "easy keepers". Care must be taken to keep your Rockies from becoming too overweight, particularly in their later years.* Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

****HOTD Roxy 266746 nominated by Darby**** Hi I am a 9 year old Missouri Fox Trotter. I like to ride Hunter and Dressage. My motto is: It’s all good! Whoa, wait was that a plastic bag??? RUN!!!!!. Please stop by and leave a vote!

Congratulations Loosey and Peanut our HOTD!

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♡ Worked all weekend and today but off work tomorrow. I have some errands to run and by 11:00 I hope to load up and ride at the Lake. We will see how the weather & day unfolds :) Saturday was the most beautiful day temp wise and sunny. After work we started cleaning out the 3 horse trailer and I curried the mud off the boy’s. Sunday was downright horrible on winds. Steady 25 + gusts to 32-35…wow!! Just let the herd out to graze I didn’t do any outside stuff! Whinny’s, love & hugs to all my horsey friends. ☆ Remember to VOTE Cisco 250327 each day of January to win HOTM:)

****HOTD Liberty’s Pride 266202 nominated by Rose**** Hi I am a 4 year old American Quarter Horse. I like to trail ride and soon barrels & competitive trail. My favorite treats are carrots, alfalfa treats and bread. Please stop by and leave a vote!

THE LAST STORY....Good Morning, we left a thank you vote. Dr. Cook left the next day for a veterinary conference in California, but he asked Dr. McGurrin to call him after seeing Mackie. I told Mackie that we were going to get some answers these people were the BEST of the BEST, surely they could help us. My friend, Jack trailered us and Mackie did super. We were met by Dr. McGurrin and her team. The first thing they did after taking a very complete history, was to attach probes and set up an ECG, as the printout started, Dr. McGurrin asked one of her team to tell her what it showed, he hesitated but finally said, "it shows that this horse is in heart failure". I felt my knees buckle, someone grabbed me and Dr. McGurrin handed me a box of tissue, she said, "you are going to hear lots of talk today, please try to be calm, when I have gathered all my information we will sit down and discuss it together" There were lots more tests. With all of the poking, probing and tests Mackie remained relaxed and calm. We took him back to a stall and went to discuss his case. Dr. McGurrin explained that typically horses do not show signs of heart condition, particularly racehorses, that is why you hear the horror stories about them dropping dead at the track. She felt in Mackie's case this was a very long standing problem, and eventually his heart just got to the point where it could no longer keep up. She wanted to assure me and of course, Dr. Cook that we did not miss anything, they just don't give any indication until it is often too late. She said sometimes drugs help, but in Mackie's advanced case she did not recommend it. I asked if she was prepared to help us that day, she said yes, I agreed to let him go as long as she allowed me to stay with him. She asked if I needed a bit of time with him first, when we were alone I explained to him that it was time, that I would be there and to please trust me one last time. I held him, I stroked his neck and told him how very loved he was, my face and my voice where the last he saw and heard. Sure ruined my make up that day, the ride home was terrible, Jack kept saying "let it out kid" I did...Dr. Cook was on the answering machine when I got home telling me how sorry he was and that he was glad Jack was with me, I did the right thing. Dr. MGurrin sent me a copy of the autopsy along with Mackie's halter a lovely braid of his tail and a plaster imprint of his hoof with his name. She said she removed and preserved his heart, she uses it for teaching purposes. I get great comfort from that. I learned 2 things that day, 1. Mackie never gave up, his heart did, 2. it is just a body, his spirit lives on, this is for you Mackie, I love you, we will meet again. If you feel like you know Mackie, then this month has been a success, thanks to all who supported us, special thanks to the dogs that came by every day to vote, Love Donna Lee & Mackie

we would love your support, pleaseHi, I had to be at work for 4:15AM, then I had physio after work, sorry I'm late. We left a vote for you. I hope I can get thru these last two days. Things were going well for us, but on August 2/2007 as I was calling the guys in for supper, Mackie laid down just as he approached the gate, not that odd, the strange part was it took him a really long time to get up and with a struggle, it was like slow motion, hard to describe but strange. He looked absolutely exhausted, he had no temp, breathing was regular, he was E, D, P, P, but something just was not right, I went with my gut and I called Dr. Cook. He came the next day and after a very long thorough exam he asked me to put on my "serious hat", he said Mackie needed to be seen by a specialist at the Equine Hospital, a Cardiologist. I said, make the appointment, I'll arrange trailering, Thanks so much for standing by us thru the month. Your support means so much to me. Love Donna Lee & Mackie

Mackie and I appreciate the support, thank you...Good Morning, I'm so off routine, we had to start work at 5AM yesterday and again Monday, they don't realize that this cuts into my HC time... We left a windy Canadian vote. I did the usual things for the stumbling without much success, but remember it was sporadic, one day while jumping a small course of xrails, Mackie just lost it before the jump and he fell down. Clearly he was upset and the way he looked at me was like, WHAT HAPPENED?? I was not hurt and he looked OK, that was when Dr. Cook came to evaluate. First thing he said was, "you don't want navicular..." after his exam he said he was drawing blood to test for EPM, my heart sank and I said NO, HE HAS NAVICLULAR. I had read a bit about EPM, and I did not want that. I won't go into detail, google it and you will see. It is a neurological disease with some fairly nasty consequences. So, I waited for the blood work to come back. Enjoy your day, Love Donna Lee & Mackie

thanks for supporting Angel Sassy Mac HOTMThanks to everyone that voted us HOTD, we are so excited, we are getting close to the end of the month, I still have lots of story to tell. We left you a vote this afternoon. When things started to go wrong, at first I didn't know what the issue was, mostly because it was not consistent, some days everything was great but other times it was like Mackie had two left front feet. I can't describe it any other way, he stumbled quite a bit, I know lots of horses stumble on occasion, but remember, I knew this horse, and this was not just a stumble. We had his farrier check him, we checked saddle fit, we looked at teeth, we had corrective shoeing done to help with breakover. The strange thing was it was not all the time, I lunged him and tried to see it, it was like he didn't know where to put his feet. Years earlier Dr. Cook gave me a book entitled Lameness in Horses, he has since lived to regret that....I read that book everyday, and when it got to where I felt we needed Dr. Cooks expertise, I called him and said "can you come and look at Mackie? I think he has navicular" Talk soon, Love Donna Lee

we would love your support, pleaseGood Morning, I slept in until 4:30, Charlie and Sterly are having their warm buckets. We are leaving votes and great thanks for the overwhelming support, special thanks to the Dogs from DC, you guys are amazing. Today's story is about Mom's and best friends. Remember at the time I found Mackie the horses were not at home. I rented a barn and 5 acres of pasture a mile and half down the road, plus I still had the expense of Sterly and Jackie, both retired. Even tho Mackie was looking like a perfect choice there was one itsy, bitsy problem, $$$$. Our rule (me and David) my horses, my money. My Mom said, how much, I said about half, she wrote me a cheque and said "David doesn't need to know about this, you are happier when you have a horse, I want to do this", I said" I'll pay you back" she said "you bet you will" Love you Mom. Next I arranged for the trailering, Mackie was about 2 1/2 hours NW of me and Bray was going about an hour SE of me. Just one more itsy, bitsy problem, I had to work the day it was scheduled. Step up Sonya, she said she would be at the barn, meet the trailer, unload Mackie, load Bray and stay with him until I got home. Love you Sonya. So the night before, I got Bray all buffed up, told him he was going on a new adventure and that I would never forget him, I said my goodbyes. To be continued, Love Donna Lee and Mackie

PLEASE VOTE FOR ANGEL SASSY MAC HOTMHere is a Cold, Cold Canadian vote, We really need your vote, please help. I checked out a few more horses, but nothing really turned my crank. I heard about one that sounded good, but she was a couple of hours away, so I found two more in that area to look at and Sonya and I made a day of it. I went to the first one which had originally sounded sooooo good, when we arrived she was NOTHING like they had represented, she was the prettiest horse I had ever seen, but zero training at 6. He said take her home if you don't love her bring her back. We left. The next one was a possibility, Sonya liked him more than me. He was a bit too much up, I rode him but felt like I was fighting him, really strong in the bridle, he was alright, but not great. By now I'm tired and frustrated and I didn't want to bother with the third horse. But Sonya said we came all this way let's go. So we did, we got lost, two phone calls later we found the place. I'm tired, a little bit cranky and I'm already sure I won't like this horse. His owner was the nicest lady, so very quiet and easy to talk to. When we walked into her barn Mackie was in x-ties. He was so relaxed, so calm and so gentle looking. I instantly loved his looks, we took a bit of time to chat and get acquainted. His Mom lounged him, and then I rode him. Sonya had brought the camera so we videoed him, we thanked her and I said I would go home and talk it over, I'd call her in a couple of days. I'm pretty sure I talked about him the whole way home, guess what I said when I called her the next day???? to be continued. Thanks to everyone that has supported us, we are so happy, Love Donna Lee & Mackie

***HOTD Sabastian 264403 Nominated by Deacon & Herd Hi, my names Baileys Bundle of Love, better known as Sebastian. I am a 9yr old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding. I do trail riding and I am a great horse for the kids to ride. Please stop by and leave a vote.

VOTE FROM MUDVILLEGood Morning, I forgot to change the clock last night, so I get an extra hour today, to do what ever I want. Sorry about yesterday, we had to go to the city, we had some errands and it just seemed when we got back I was doing stuff around the barn and house, and don't forget I have to share the computer with David, so I didn't get on. I love my new routine, I do my HC stuff early, with coffee while the house is quiet. Too bad it will all change when I return to work, boo,hoo. Have a great day, talk soon, Love Donna Lee

Voted todayWow, Monday morning already, I'm feeling much better about Sterly heading into our Canadian winter. After a lengthy chat with her Dr. Cook, we have decided NO BLANKET, for a couple of reasons, she already has a good winter coat, she has access to shelter, we are here most of the time to monitor the weather and her, her diet has been adjusted and she is eating much better now, the main concern is if she gets wet and a chill, on those days I want her inside anyway, I have a wool cooler to use inside, if she gets a chill, blankets can sometimes cause other issues, so we are continuing with the au'naturale approach, wish her luck, we left a vote, talk soon, Love Donna Lee

LEFT A VOTE, THANKS FOR YOURSGood Morning, I'm pretty excited today. NO RAIN, yet. so the guys are out after having a boring day in yesterday, I din't mind the rain but it was too cold and there was the wicked west wind. The best news is that while Sterly had to stay in yesterday she ate hay cubes all alone, they were not hidden in her other feed, I just put some soaked cubes in her bucket came back and hour later, there they were GONE, Good Girl. Left a vote, Love Donna Lee

LEFT A VOTE, THANKS FOR YOURSGood Morning or I should say, Bad Morning, the rain is just coming down in sheets and I can't get the back door open because the west wind is so strong, I had to go out the front door to get to the barn. This is for sure a "stay indoors day for all" I checked the long range forecast and if this ever dries up, we have a few nice days next week, have a soggy Saturday, Love Donna Lee

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the weather finally broke and gave way to cooler temps!!! Should be nice and cool all week!! loving it! Have tons and tons of video to share. Even found some of Warlock and Gator who we no longer own but still love!! Will share those soon :)

***HOTD Indian 258398 Nominated by Rose Hi, my name is Indian, also called Little Man. I am a 7yr old American Paint Horse gelding. Due to a hoof injury I can only do light riding, but even then I am a joy to ride. Please stop by and leave a vote.

Todays inspiration: “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” Eleanor Roosevelt

Thank you so much for stopping by with congratulations for Prince's hotd win. It was so nice to see him in the spotlight again! I'll tell him all about it when I drive him on Thursday.

It's a bit of a sad day in my family though. Today my grandmother died. I haven't seen her for awhile because she lives in England but her last visit here was very nice. Kind of bittersweet though because I suspected at that time that it might be her last. She didn't think so. She was always pretty positive.

I'm thankful that she passed away peacefully surrounded by most of her family. My mother had just got back to the US after visiting her for a month and had a really nice visit. She'll be flying across the pond tomorrow so that she can be there for the funeral.

Rest in peace, Granny. I already miss you! I am also thankful that just a couple of weeks ago I prepared several cards and letters from my sister and me. She enjoyed them in the company of my aunt. I would kick myself if I had waited any longer to send those! Thank God for small blessings.

On a happier note, Pippin is champing at the proverbial bit to be back in action again. Just 3 more days!!! And then he can champ at the real bit! And we can go driving again.

we would love your support, pleaseGOOD MORNING, We left you all a vote. Now that I had an answer although, not the answer I wanted, I have to admit that I did fall apart, there were lots of tears. Reaction varied at the barn, most were understanding and sympathetic but remember the lady that said I needed to "hit her harder", well she said "I don't know what you're crying about, you just sell her and get something else, it's not like you raised from a baby" I have never believed that animals were disposable, and I promised Sterl a home until the day she died. But, reality set in David said that I could not continue to pay board to go 4x a week to simply pat her, there was the wear and tear on the vehicle and the gas for all the travelling back and forth, for what, I can't ride her. I needed to THINK. bringing her home was not an option, we had no land or barn. I didn't know what to do, YET, but I knew I WAS NOT GETTING RID OF HER. Talk soon, Love Donna Lee & STERLY GIRLY

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